Vital Beings

The Beings of the Vital Plane are frequently referred to, more often
by Mirra (the Mother) than by Sri Aurobindo, but sometimes by the latter
too in his more informal writings (Letters on Yoga etc). These
are often powerful, awesome biengs, belonging to a number of different
categories, some benevolent, some mixed, others hostile.

The term Vital Being, like Vital Plane, is something of a misnomer.
"Psychic Being" would be better, except that in this philosophy the Psychic
refers to the Divine Soul. The Theosophical
term "Astral" can be used; these then are the beings, often gods and daimons,
of the Astral Plane.
Hermetic Qabalah and Magick
also frequently deals with these beings. It should be noted that
Theosophy in describing the Astral Plane and beings only refers to the
most superficial spheres and inhabitants of this region. One needs
to go deeper - into the Intermediate Zone, to get a full insight into the nature and power of these beings.